# 2020–21 AFC Wimbledon season

The 2020–21 AFC Wimbledon season was the club's 19th season in their history and the fifth consecutive season in EFL League One. Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. It was their first season based in their spiritual home of Wimbledon at the newly built Plough Lane stadium. They played at Loftus Road until the stadium was completed on 3 November. On Friday 6 November it was announced there had been a covid outbreak amongst the first team squad leading to the matches against Barrow in the FA Cup and the league fixture against Wigan being postponed. Over the weekend all members of the first team squad, staff and the U18s squad received covid testing and on Sunday the 8th it was announced the club would have to undergo a 2-week circuit breaker with all players and staff having to self isolate for 2 weeks.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 23 July 2020 | RB | Cheye Alexander | Barnet | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2020 | CM | Alex Woodyard | Peterborough United | Free transfer |
| 7 August 2020 | CF | Ollie Palmer | Crawley Town | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2020 | DM | Ethan Chislett | Aldershot Town | Free transfer |
| 12 September 2020 | CB | Dániel Csóka | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 19 November 2020 | CB | Ben Heneghan | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2021 | CF | Corie Andrews | Kingstonian | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2021 | CF | Shayon Harrison | Almere City | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Date until |
| 4 August 2020 | GK | Connal Trueman | Birmingham City | 8 January 2021 |
| 13 August 2020 | DM | Jaakko Oksanen | Brentford | End of season |
| 26 August 2020 | RW | Ryan Longman | Brighton & Hove Albion | End of season |
| 24 September 2020 | LB | Steve Seddon | Birmingham City | 31 December 2020 |
| 11 January 2021 | GK | Sam Walker | Reading | End of season |
| 22 January 2021 | DM | George Dobson | Sunderland | End of season |
| 25 January 2021 | CB | Darnell Johnson | Leicester City | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Date until |
| 11 September 2020 | FW | David Fisher | Carshalton Athletic | 30 June 2021 |
| 11 September 2020 | CB | Archie Procter | Carshalton Athletic | 30 June 2021 |
| 18 September 2020 | MF | Elliott Bolton | Merstham | |
| 18 September 2020 | LB | Jack Currie | Leatherhead | 2 January 2021 |
| 18 September 2020 | FW | Jack Madelin | Leatherhead | |
| 2 October 2020 | AM | Ayoub Assal | Billericay Town | 2 November 2020 |
| 15 October 2020 | RB | Huseyin Biler | Hendon | November 2020 |
| 25 January 2021 | CM | Anthony Hartigan | Newport County | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Kwesi Appiah | NorthEast United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Ossama Ashley | West Ham United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Reuben Collins | Truro City | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | AM | Dylan Connolly | St Mirren | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Finlay Macnab | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Rod McDonald | Carlisle United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | LW | Mitchell Pinnock | Kilmarnock | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RB | Kyron Stabana | Tamworth | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RM | Scott Wagstaff | Forest Green Rovers | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Tommy Wood | Tonbridge Angels | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Anthony Wordsworth | Barnet | Released |
| 9 September 2020 | GK | Albert White | Ipswich Town | Free transfer |
| 11 January 2021 | FW | Adam Roscrow | The New Saints | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season

With fans still unable to attend games due to COVID-19, AFC Wimbledon began pre-season with a behind-closed-doors friendly match against Corinthian-Casuals.

## Competitions
### EFL League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 60 | |
| 16 | Burton Albion | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 61 | 73 | −12 | 57 | |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 54 | |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 53 | 80 | −27 | 53 | |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 51 | |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 48 | |
| 21 | Rochdale (R) | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 61 | 78 | −17 | 47 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 22 | Northampton Town (R) | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 41 | 67 | −26 | 45 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 23 | Swindon Town (R) | 46 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 55 | 89 | −34 | 43 | Relegation to EFL League Two |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 2021. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 9 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October. The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's. The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | AFC Wimbledon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | ACA | Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

## Statistics

    As of match played 9 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Connal Trueman | 22 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Sam Walker | 14 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Luke O'Neill | 30 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Dániel Csóka | 25 | 1 | 20+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Alex Woodyard | 45 | 1 | 39+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Will Nightingale | 38 | 2 | 29+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Terell Thomas | 25 | 1 | 17+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | ENG | Cheye Alexander | 36 | 0 | 19+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Anthony Hartigan | 21 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ollie Palmer | 27 | 5 | 10+13 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | WAL | Adam Roscrow | 10 | 2 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Shayon Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RSA | Ethan Chislett | 36 | 3 | 12+15 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jack Rudoni | 44 | 5 | 33+6 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | NZL | Nik Tzanev | 19 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Zach Robinson | 8 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | FIN | Jaakko Oksanen | 30 | 0 | 12+15 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Ayoub Assal | 16 | 4 | 10+4 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Nesta Guinness-Walker | 34 | 1 | 24+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | IRL | Shane McLoughlin | 44 | 1 | 23+15 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Huseyin Biler | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Ben Heneghan | 24 | 2 | 20+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | George Dobson | 24 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Archie Procter | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Jack Currie | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Darnell Johnson | 11 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Ryan Longman | 51 | 9 | 35+8 | 8 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Paul Kalambayi | 19 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | IRL | Callum Reilly | 35 | 1 | 22+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Paul Osew | 14 | 1 | 0+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Joe Pigott | 52 | 22 | 45+0 | 20 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Steve Seddon | 18 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of match played 9 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 39 | | CF | Joe Pigott | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 29 | | RW | Ryan Longman | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 9 | | CF | Ollie Palmer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 12 | | CM | Jack Rudoni | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 17 | | AM | Ayoub Assal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 11 | | AM | Ethan Chislett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | | CB | Will Nightingale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 10 | | CF | Adam Roscrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 22 | | CB | Ben Heneghan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | | CB | Dániel Csóka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | | DM | Alex Woodyard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | | CB | Terell Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 14 | | CF | Zach Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 18 | | LB | Nesta Guinness-Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | | AM | Shane McLoughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 24 | | DM | George Dobson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 33 | | CM | Callum Reilly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 37 | | LB | Paul Osew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 42 | | LB | Steve Seddon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 65 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 9 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 22 | | CB | Ben Heneghan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | | CM | Alex Woodyard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 19 | | AM | Shane McLoughlin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 39 | | CF | Joe Pigott | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 12 | | CM | Jack Rudoni | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 18 | | LB | Nesta Guinness-Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 5 | | CB | Will Nightingale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 33 | | CM | Callum Reilly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | | CF | Ollie Palmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | | CM | Jaakko Oksanen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 24 | | DM | George Dobson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2 | | RB | Luke O'Neill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 3 | | CB | Dániel Csóka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | | CB | Terell Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 7 | | RB | Cheye Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | | CM | Anthony Hartigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 29 | | RW | Ryan Longman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 1 | | GK | Connal Trueman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 11 | | AM | Ethan Chislett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | | AM | Ayoub Assal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 27 | | CB | Darnell Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 30 | | CB | Paul Kalambayi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 42 | | LB | Steve Seddon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 61 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 0 |